Missouri USA-1961: Brown And White Cattle Grazing In A Field

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Year1961
Decade1960s
LocationMissouri, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1961 Missouri

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Brown And White Cattle Grazing In A Field — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1961, this vintage home movie captures a herd of brown and white Hereford cattle grazing in a sunlit field in Missouri. The cows move slowly across the dry grassland, some lowering their heads to feed while others stand alert. The footage shows natural film grain, slight color fading, and vertical scratches typical of Super 8 home movies. A distant tree line and open sky frame the pastoral scene, evoking a nostalgic mid-century rural American atmosphere. This authentic archival clip is ideal for documentaries, historical content, or nostalgic storytelling.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 124870297

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1961 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Missouri, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s rural American agriculture requests needing real 8mm home-movie cattle footage for documentary, museum, education, or commercial context.
Period detail: The visible open pasture, Hereford-type brown and white cattle, and faded 8mm color may show a mid-century Missouri farm scene consistent with the 1961 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip has an observational home-movie viewpoint, watching cattle graze without staging, narration, or apparent human direction.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include brown and white cattle, dry grass, open pasture, a low horizon, pale sky, a distant tree or brush line, and dark film gate borders.
Film character: The scan shows soft 8mm color, visible grain, slight fading, vertical scratches, and gate edges that preserve the physical-film character of the source.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a rural insert, agricultural cutaway, pastoral transition, or quiet memory beat within a mid-century American sequence.
Historical context: The footage documents everyday livestock grazing in an open Missouri field, offering visual context for rural land use and farm animals without showing people or machinery.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private structures are visible, though users should still assess copyright status and any property or location concerns for their project.
Research search match: Matches searches for 1961 Missouri cattle grazing, 1960s 8mm farm footage, Hereford cows in pasture, rural American home movie, and vintage livestock field scene.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other Missouri 1961 farm material, then broader 1960s rural agriculture or livestock grazing footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1961 Missouri 8mm frame showing brown and white cattle grazing across a dry pasture, with soft focus, film scratches, and dark gate edges. — Cattle graze in an open Missouri field, seen through faded 8mm home-movie footage.

1961 Missouri pasture view with Hereford-type cattle grazing near the center and right of the frame, softened by 8mm grain and faded color. — A small group of cattle graze and stand in the open field.

Faded 8mm view of brown and white cattle grazing in a Missouri field, including a white-faced cow lowered toward the grass in the foreground. — White-faced cattle feed in a dry rural pasture.

1961 Missouri home-movie frame showing cattle spread across a dry pasture, with faded color, visible grain, and dark 8mm frame borders. — Cattle move slowly through the open pasture as they graze.

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